If you regularly experience headaches that seem to start at the base of your skull or the back of your neck, you might be dealing with more than a tension headache. You could have what's called a cervicogenic headache — a type of head pain that actually originates in your neck, not your head. Cervicogenic headaches are surprisingly common and frequently misdiagnosed. Many people spend years treating the wrong thing reaching for pain medication or being told they have migraine